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america had in itself. he had a dream. he had a dwreem not in the frnt tense. he said i have a dream that one day my four children will-- future tense--" will be judged by the content of their character and nothe color of their skin." >> he was an extraordinary-- i assume most of the people on this program know that the speech which was so celebrated that he gave was not the speech he intended to give. the speech he actually gave came about as a result of mehallia jackson. as he was reading from the prepared text of the speech. he somewhere during-- i don't know maybe the 25th paragraph of the speeches she had win. she show thed to him,"tell them with the dream, martib. tell them about the dream." aise said, i was stand, behind him-- this is all happening in real time. so he takes the prepared text, grabs the lectern, looks out on those almost 300,000 people, and this is all happening in real time, and i tirnd to the person who was next to me, and i said to them-- just spontaneously-- i said, "these people
america had in itself. he had a dream. he had a dwreem not in the frnt tense. he said i have a dream that one day my four children will-- future tense--" will be judged by the content of their character and nothe color of their skin." >> he was an extraordinary-- i assume most of the people on this program know that the speech which was so celebrated that he gave was not the speech he intended to give. the speech he actually gave came about as a result of mehallia jackson. as he...
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we must say, "wake up america! wake up!" for we cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient. >> but the real work was ahead, wasn't it? >> but i knew, as dr. king said in his speech, we had to go back to the south. we had to go. we had to leave the mountaintop. and being in washington, being on the steps of the lincoln memorial, was a great feeling. to be standing there in the shadow of abraham lincoln. but we have to go back into the heart of alabama, back to georgia, back to mississippi and back to other parts of america and to make real the hopes and dreams of a people. >> but when you did that in the preceding years, you got your head bashed in. >> well, that was part of the price we had to pay in order to make it real, make it plain, make it simple. daddy king, martin luther king jr.'s father, used to say to him over and over again, "make it plain, son. make it plain." by marching to the steps of the lincoln memorial, we were trying to make it plain. not just to politicians, but to the american people. i said to
we must say, "wake up america! wake up!" for we cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient. >> but the real work was ahead, wasn't it? >> but i knew, as dr. king said in his speech, we had to go back to the south. we had to go. we had to leave the mountaintop. and being in washington, being on the steps of the lincoln memorial, was a great feeling. to be standing there in the shadow of abraham lincoln. but we have to go back into the heart of alabama, back to...
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america. statehood for 600,000 residents . finally, let it go forth that this is not only a commemoration, a continuation, but what you have here are two generations that have come together. there's a lot said about the joshua generation, the younger people. but i remind them it was the moses generation that pointed the way. we need both generations working side by side together and so let this be a day in which moses points the way for joshua and the walls of segregation, of racism, materialism come tumbling down. with that, let me introduce our first speaker for this segment, the director of foreign policy, committee of the national egislation, dr. michael chang. the day after king died, robert kennedy spoke on the mindless men as of violence. here is what he said. what has violence accomplished? what has it created? we tolerate a rising level of violence. we flor if i killing on movie screens and call it entertainment. we make it easy for men to acquire weapons. we honor swagger and wielder
america. statehood for 600,000 residents . finally, let it go forth that this is not only a commemoration, a continuation, but what you have here are two generations that have come together. there's a lot said about the joshua generation, the younger people. but i remind them it was the moses generation that pointed the way. we need both generations working side by side together and so let this be a day in which moses points the way for joshua and the walls of segregation, of racism,...
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and because they kept marching, america changed. because they marched the civil rights law was passed. because they marched a voting rights law was signed. because they marched, doors of opportunity and education swelled open so their sons and daughters could finally imagine a life for themselves beyond washing somebody else's laundry or shining somebody else's shoes. because they marched, the city councils changed and state legislatures changed, and changed and yes, eventually the white house changed. because they marched america became more free and more fair, not just for african-americans but for women and latinos. asians and native americans. for catholic, jews and muslims. for gays. for americans with disabilities. america changed for you and for me. and the entire world drew strength from that example. whether the young people who watched from the other side of an iron curtain and would eventually tear down that wall or the young people inside south africa who eventually end the scourge of apartheid. [ applause ] those are th
and because they kept marching, america changed. because they marched the civil rights law was passed. because they marched a voting rights law was signed. because they marched, doors of opportunity and education swelled open so their sons and daughters could finally imagine a life for themselves beyond washing somebody else's laundry or shining somebody else's shoes. because they marched, the city councils changed and state legislatures changed, and changed and yes, eventually the white house...
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martin luther king shared his dream for america with america. dr. king was the passionate voice that awakened the conscience of a nation, and inspired people all over the world. the power of his words resonated because they were spoken out of an unwavering belief in freedom and justice equality and opportunity for all. let freedom ring was dr. king's closing call for a better and more just america. so today people from all walks of life will gather at 3:00 p.m. for bell ringing events across our great country and around the world as we reaffirm our commitment to dr. king's ideals. dr. king believed that our destinies are all intertwined, and he knew that our hopes and our dreams are really all the same. he challenged us to see how we all are more alike than we are different. so as the bells of freedom ring today we are hoping that it's a time for all of us to reflect on not only the progress that has been made, and we've made a lot, but on what we have accomplished, and also on the work that still remains before us. it is an opportunity today to rec
martin luther king shared his dream for america with america. dr. king was the passionate voice that awakened the conscience of a nation, and inspired people all over the world. the power of his words resonated because they were spoken out of an unwavering belief in freedom and justice equality and opportunity for all. let freedom ring was dr. king's closing call for a better and more just america. so today people from all walks of life will gather at 3:00 p.m. for bell ringing events across...
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hear ye then. >> good morning, america. i said, good morning, america. i just dropped by to tell you that it is movement time. repeat after me. it's movement time. each generation is faced with a movement moment that requires them to stand up and fight back withst injustice, great strength and fortitude. it has taken the collective power of the people demanding justice to protect our civil rights their civil rights. our women's rights. our immigrant rights. our latino american right. our asian-american rights. our poor america rights. our american children's rights. and the world families, the beloved community. this morning, it is movement time. -- y it is movement time 50 years later they have stopped -- last year in 2012 we voted like never before. it is movement time again. justsister from florida stopped by to tell you it is movement time. 50 years later, there is such an assault on those rights. it is our time for us to get busy to move a treated in other words, it is time to get up off of our butts, stop mismanaging, mistreating, and is respecting
hear ye then. >> good morning, america. i said, good morning, america. i just dropped by to tell you that it is movement time. repeat after me. it's movement time. each generation is faced with a movement moment that requires them to stand up and fight back withst injustice, great strength and fortitude. it has taken the collective power of the people demanding justice to protect our civil rights their civil rights. our women's rights. our immigrant rights. our latino american right. our...
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america. residents.or 600,000 forth thatt it go this is not only a commemoration of continuation. but what you have here are two generations that have come together and there is a lot said about the joshua generation. the younger people. them, it was the moses generation that pointed the way. we need both generations working side-by-side together and so let this be a date in which moses points the way for joshua the walls of segregation of racism and materialism come tumbling down. our that, let me introduce irst speaker for this segment, the director of foreign policy friends committee, a national legislation, dr. michael shank. >> the day after martin luther king died, robert kennedy spoke on violence. here is what he said, what has violence accomplished and created? we tolerate a rising level of violence that ignores our common humanity. we glorify killing on movie screens and call it entertainment. we make it easy for men to acquire at weapons. we honor the wielders of force. we excuse tho
america. residents.or 600,000 forth thatt it go this is not only a commemoration of continuation. but what you have here are two generations that have come together and there is a lot said about the joshua generation. the younger people. them, it was the moses generation that pointed the way. we need both generations working side-by-side together and so let this be a date in which moses points the way for joshua the walls of segregation of racism and materialism come tumbling down. our that,...
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martin luther king shared his dream for america with america. dr. king was the passionate voice that awakened the conscious of a nation and inspired people all over the world. the power of his words resonated because they were spoken out of an unwavering belief in freedom, injustice, equality, and opportunity for all. let freedom ring was dr. king's closing call for a better and more just america. so today people from all walks of life will gather at 3:00 p.m. for bell-ringing events across our great country and around the world as we reaffirm our commitment to dr. king's ideals. dr. king believed that our destinies are all intertwined, and he knew that our hopes and our dreams are really all the same. he challenged us to see how we all are more alike than we are different. so as the bells of freedom ring today, we're hoping that it's a time for all of us to reflect on not only the progress that has been made, and we've made a lot, but on what we have accomplished and also on the work that still remains before us. it's an opportunity today to recall
martin luther king shared his dream for america with america. dr. king was the passionate voice that awakened the conscious of a nation and inspired people all over the world. the power of his words resonated because they were spoken out of an unwavering belief in freedom, injustice, equality, and opportunity for all. let freedom ring was dr. king's closing call for a better and more just america. so today people from all walks of life will gather at 3:00 p.m. for bell-ringing events across our...
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and this idea, the idea of equality, the idea of america hung in the balance. one of the soldiers on those hot july days was a young college professor from maine named joshua lawrence chamberlain and returning to the battlefield of gettysburg many years later, he expressed the power of the place where such momentous deeds were done. here is what he said. here is what joshua chamberlain said. in great deeds, something abides. on great fields, something stays. forms change and past bodies disappear, but spirits linger to c consecrate the ground for the vision place of souls. generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to this deathless place to ponder and dream and, lo, the shadow of a mighty presence will wrap them in its bosom and the power of the vision shall pass into their souls. 50 years ago today, this place was a battlefield. no shots were fired, no cannons roared, but a battlefield, nonetheless. a battlefield of ideas, the idea
and this idea, the idea of equality, the idea of america hung in the balance. one of the soldiers on those hot july days was a young college professor from maine named joshua lawrence chamberlain and returning to the battlefield of gettysburg many years later, he expressed the power of the place where such momentous deeds were done. here is what he said. here is what joshua chamberlain said. in great deeds, something abides. on great fields, something stays. forms change and past bodies...
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that's big because that's corporate america. that's all big companies. big farmer, prisons, food. >> why? why are they finally moving? >> two reasons. number one they don't want to see folks criminalized. whatever the sentencing guidelines says should be the sentence applies across the board to whites, blacks, latinos together. they get that. they also believe there are too many federal laws, overcriminalizing folk. they understand that. they want to roll back sentencing guidelines, too. they have been on board for that for quite a while. not all bad. >> really cost as well. 2010, the federal government spent $80 billion on in cars rating people in this country and the states are breaking under the budget of state prison systems that they fund. they can't afford to maintain these prisons at full capacity today any more than they can afford to simply throw money away. >> one of the good things we have done in the state of ohio, hel hello, was sentencing reform. low level nonviolent drug offenders and put them back in community-based corrections. >> divers
that's big because that's corporate america. that's all big companies. big farmer, prisons, food. >> why? why are they finally moving? >> two reasons. number one they don't want to see folks criminalized. whatever the sentencing guidelines says should be the sentence applies across the board to whites, blacks, latinos together. they get that. they also believe there are too many federal laws, overcriminalizing folk. they understand that. they want to roll back sentencing guidelines,...
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all lives in america have been changed. >> how subversive would king's message be today were he here? suggests to me his message would be a bit too much tond handle right now. >> you could say the same thing about jesus. in a way when you have a it is hard toer, live up to that vision, and i think that is what king challenges us to do. he did not start when the voting rights act passed the right good he could have retired -- voting rights act passed. he could have retired, but instead he went to memphis in 1968. he was taking on the vietnam war. this was a person who understood his mission stood for more than itting legislation passed. is our responsibility to understand if he were here he would still close that gap l and reality,ea because we still have not made that ideal reality for many parts of the country. in every library i have the entire collection of skiing g papers. kin there is no better anthology of atk about what dr. king said stanford. dr. carson's latest book is called martin's dream. onnk you for your work keeping the legacy alive. coming up a conversation with two of
all lives in america have been changed. >> how subversive would king's message be today were he here? suggests to me his message would be a bit too much tond handle right now. >> you could say the same thing about jesus. in a way when you have a it is hard toer, live up to that vision, and i think that is what king challenges us to do. he did not start when the voting rights act passed the right good he could have retired -- voting rights act passed. he could have retired, but...
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america changed for you and for me. and the entire world drew strength from that example. >> he dreamed. of an american where all citizens would sit together at the table of brotherhood, where little white boys and girls and little black boys and girls would hold hands across the color line. where his own children would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. >> the greatest leader that my native state and perhaps my native country has ever produced. and i was not secluding presidents and even the founding fathers when i said this. >> we are standing here in the shadow of abraham lincoln, 150 years after he issued the emancipation proclamation. and only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we have come a great distance in this country. in the 50 years. but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king, jr. >> we are going to let freedom ring all across the nation. we're going olet freedom ring everywhere we
america changed for you and for me. and the entire world drew strength from that example. >> he dreamed. of an american where all citizens would sit together at the table of brotherhood, where little white boys and girls and little black boys and girls would hold hands across the color line. where his own children would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. >> the greatest leader that my native state and perhaps my native country has ever...
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, asia and america, black america, hispanic americans, native america, lgbt america, to take inspiration from our own circumstances, and to know that the price of freedom is the commitment to ensuring the security of liberty and justice for all. >> please welcome governor martin o'malley. >> the work of justice is urgent. it is a real, and it is needed. let there be no comfort in our country for the bigotry of cold indifference, for there are still too many lives in america taken from us by violence. still too many children in america who go to bed hungry, who go to school hungry. still too much apathy when the lives of people of color are too often down the less than the lives of white people. and so, the responsibility we consecrate today is not rooted in a staunch or memory, it is rooted in something start -- far deeper. it is rooted in the calling of conscience to action. actions to protect every individual's right to vote. action that safeguards and keeps guns out of hands of violent offenders. action that makes quality education and the opportunity of college a reality for more fam
, asia and america, black america, hispanic americans, native america, lgbt america, to take inspiration from our own circumstances, and to know that the price of freedom is the commitment to ensuring the security of liberty and justice for all. >> please welcome governor martin o'malley. >> the work of justice is urgent. it is a real, and it is needed. let there be no comfort in our country for the bigotry of cold indifference, for there are still too many lives in america taken...
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we have a black america that is fully integrated with a white america. and on the negative side, we have the cradle-to-jail pipeline for young black men with, you know, millions in an industry that is supported with huge, huge dollars. and we have gun violence, we have stand your the ground, we have huge new problems. so we must celebrate -- i'm talking to myself, okay? hello, peter. we must -- in the future, you will celebrate, but your heart will be breaking also, because the promise of that march, although partially kept, is still waiting for our work together. and it is economic justice as well as human rights. >> the promise of that march, what was the promise of the march? what was the agenda? just take me back in time, in 1963, i'm covering the march as a reporter. and i've got to write up a story about the marchers won't -- what is -- what's my paragraph there? >> well, it's jobs and freedom. they want equality. they want equality. and that equality isn't just racial equality, it's also economic equality. at the beginning of the march, a. phillip
we have a black america that is fully integrated with a white america. and on the negative side, we have the cradle-to-jail pipeline for young black men with, you know, millions in an industry that is supported with huge, huge dollars. and we have gun violence, we have stand your the ground, we have huge new problems. so we must celebrate -- i'm talking to myself, okay? hello, peter. we must -- in the future, you will celebrate, but your heart will be breaking also, because the promise of that...
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murders from urban america to suburban america, the pursuit of power for power's sake. we stand here today to say it is time to wake up. here in 2013, we stand before the statue of the great emancipator. we look towards the statue of the great liberator. we say, we have come to wake up a new civil rights movement for economic justice, a new civil rights movement for freedom in these days, a new civil rights movement for jobs, a new civil rights movement for men, or women, or children of all backgrounds, all races, all dispositions, all orientations, all cities, all counties, all towns, all across america. america, it is time for us to wake up. the 21st century agenda for jobs and freedom comes alive today. we stand on the shoulders of the great men and women of yesterday this newe -- we affirm commitment for today and tomorrow. god bless you. god thank you. god bless this great nation. [applause] >> good afternoon. i am marcia fudge, the chair of the congressional black caucus. [applause] i am the chair of the congressional black caucus because dr. martin luther king ac
murders from urban america to suburban america, the pursuit of power for power's sake. we stand here today to say it is time to wake up. here in 2013, we stand before the statue of the great emancipator. we look towards the statue of the great liberator. we say, we have come to wake up a new civil rights movement for economic justice, a new civil rights movement for freedom in these days, a new civil rights movement for jobs, a new civil rights movement for men, or women, or children of all...
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we believe in a new america. it's time to march for a new america. it's time to organize for a new america. it's time to register and vote for a new america. we're on our way. we're on our way. we're on our way. as we prepare to march, i want some of our leaders to stand with me. we want to honor and dedicate what we're doing to a man that made the long road and long journey. kevin powell, reverend richardson, mary pat hector, tamecka mowry. domin dominic. i want us to show respect and regard for a man who is every day in the last decades have fought for us and we're not ending no program without thanking those that made a way. bible says honor thy father and mother. not for their days but your days will be long on the land which god giveth thee. reverend joseph lowry has paid a price. because of people like him, we are here today. another warrior who was slapped, who was abused and took it so we could vote is here with us today. never got recognition, but now he's a winner of the medal of freedom from the first african-american president in the unit
we believe in a new america. it's time to march for a new america. it's time to organize for a new america. it's time to register and vote for a new america. we're on our way. we're on our way. we're on our way. as we prepare to march, i want some of our leaders to stand with me. we want to honor and dedicate what we're doing to a man that made the long road and long journey. kevin powell, reverend richardson, mary pat hector, tamecka mowry. domin dominic. i want us to show respect and regard...
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and if america is to be a great nation, this must become true. so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire. let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of new york. let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of pennsylvania. let freedom ring from the snowcapped rockies of colorado. let freedom ring from the curva ceo us slopes of california. but not only that; let freedom ring from the stone mountain of georgia. let freedom ring from lookout mountain of tennessee! let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of mississippi, from every mountain side, let freedom ring. when we allow freedom ring, when we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all god's children, black men and white men, jews and gentiles, protestants and catholics, will be able to to inhands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual, free at last free at last! thank god almighty, we are free at last!" >> the entire speech given by dr. ma
and if america is to be a great nation, this must become true. so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire. let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of new york. let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of pennsylvania. let freedom ring from the snowcapped rockies of colorado. let freedom ring from the curva ceo us slopes of california. but not only that; let freedom ring from the stone mountain of georgia. let freedom ring from lookout mountain of tennessee!...
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his words helped to fuel the civil rights movement and forever altered america. two practice rigsnerrion at washington's historic shiloh baptist church took part in the march on washington and spoke about the impact of his words. >> i was 28 when i attended the march. i attended with my father. >> 200,000 sang on constitution avenue here on want 28 of august. >> i'm constance take. i was 14 years old and i attended with my mother, who was in her 60's. we didn't know what martin was going to say. if you could move that day, you wanted to be at that march. >> there was a sense of feeling that this was a risky undertaking. that was overtaken by the view that you've got to do this. if i don't stand up for me, who will. >> you are talking about policemen and soldiers, you couldn't move without being in contact with some authority. what was surprising to me was the fact that there were so many people who were non-african. i had no idea that many americans felt strongly about the fact that we should have more rights than we had. the other thing that was impressive that
his words helped to fuel the civil rights movement and forever altered america. two practice rigsnerrion at washington's historic shiloh baptist church took part in the march on washington and spoke about the impact of his words. >> i was 28 when i attended the march. i attended with my father. >> 200,000 sang on constitution avenue here on want 28 of august. >> i'm constance take. i was 14 years old and i attended with my mother, who was in her 60's. we didn't know what...
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suspect as we celebrate america in the king years. lived five years after. by the time he dies he is regarded as the most dangerous man in america. the majority of americans had fallen out with dr. king. everyday black folk were mad at him because they thought he was not black enough. later, but byim the time he died was he not the man in america. >> he was pledging renewed allegiance to nonviolence. america made a choice that we are still living with, which is are we going to overcome our differences, or are we going to take the path of trying to enforce them with violence. i hope we will have a more balanced view of the choices. >> how subversive would his message be had he a chance to get to that microphone? kennedye that president .id not come to the march how dangerous might his message ?e >> his violence to the world in many respect is echoed to the united states more since his death. we are out of phase. how do we get in better balance with it? we make such amazing progress for women and have a black president, yet our politics
suspect as we celebrate america in the king years. lived five years after. by the time he dies he is regarded as the most dangerous man in america. the majority of americans had fallen out with dr. king. everyday black folk were mad at him because they thought he was not black enough. later, but byim the time he died was he not the man in america. >> he was pledging renewed allegiance to nonviolence. america made a choice that we are still living with, which is are we going to overcome...
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we believe in a new america. it is time to march for a new america. it is time to organize for a new america. vote time to register and for a new america. we are on our way. we are on our way. we are on our way. [cheers and applause] march,repared to iprepare -- prepare to march, want some of our leaders to stand with me. we want to honor and dedicate what we are doing to a man that the long road and a long journey. richardson, kevin powell, all of these young leaders. i want us to show respect and who has, everyn day in the last decade, fought for us. we are not ending the program without thanking those who made a way. the bible says honor thy father and mother, not for their day, but for your day will be long on the land which god giveth thee. rev. joseph lowery stood in the heat of the day. has paidjoseph lowery the price. because of people like him. , are here today. another warrior who was abused and took it so we could vote is here with us today. never got recognition, but now he is the winner of the medal of freedom from the first african- amer
we believe in a new america. it is time to march for a new america. it is time to organize for a new america. vote time to register and for a new america. we are on our way. we are on our way. we are on our way. [cheers and applause] march,repared to iprepare -- prepare to march, want some of our leaders to stand with me. we want to honor and dedicate what we are doing to a man that the long road and a long journey. richardson, kevin powell, all of these young leaders. i want us to show respect...
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., al jazeera america. america. >> we tell the human store ri from around the block, across the country. >> if joe can't find work, his family will go from living in a hotel to living in their car. >> connected, inspired, bold. >> bob filner has resigned at mayor of san diego. he spent his last two months fighting a growing list have sexual harassment allegations. the san diego city council accepted his resignation this afternoon. he will officially step down august 30....
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and if america is to be a great nation, this must become true. so let freedom ring from the o prodigious hilltops of new hampshire, let freedom ring. from the mighty mountains of new yo york. let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenys of pennsylvania. let freedom ring from the snow capped rockies of colorado. let freedom ring from the curvacious slopes of california. but not only that, let freedom ring from stone mountain of georgia. let freedom ring from lookout mountain of tennessee. let freedom ring from every hill and mole hill of mississippi, from every mountainside. let freedom ring. when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of god's children, black men and white men, jus and gentiles, protestants and catholics will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual, free at last, free at last, great god all mighty, we are free at last. >> you've been watching dr. martin luther king's i have
and if america is to be a great nation, this must become true. so let freedom ring from the o prodigious hilltops of new hampshire, let freedom ring. from the mighty mountains of new yo york. let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenys of pennsylvania. let freedom ring from the snow capped rockies of colorado. let freedom ring from the curvacious slopes of california. but not only that, let freedom ring from stone mountain of georgia. let freedom ring from lookout mountain of tennessee....
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what can be done to pull america out of this tepid period of growth? we are joined by incredible experts on the panel. mohammed el-erian, ceo of pacific investment management company. sheila bair, senior adviser to charitable trusts. john taylor, professor of economics at stanford university and senior fellow at the hoover institution. he is well-known for the taylor rule, a monetary policy principle that offers guidance on how to tinker with interest rates to control inflation. taylor served as undersecretary of the treasury during the george w. bush administration and was part of the council of economic advisers. specimen so much for being here today. special thanks to mohammed el- erian and mr. taylor for flying from california. i want to kick off the panel with you. you coined the term, the new normal in 2009. your outlook for the economy has been dead on. how much longer is this economy going to remain in the new normal? >> let me take you back to 2009 when the new normal concept came out. the idea was to signal that it would not be your tradition
what can be done to pull america out of this tepid period of growth? we are joined by incredible experts on the panel. mohammed el-erian, ceo of pacific investment management company. sheila bair, senior adviser to charitable trusts. john taylor, professor of economics at stanford university and senior fellow at the hoover institution. he is well-known for the taylor rule, a monetary policy principle that offers guidance on how to tinker with interest rates to control inflation. taylor served...
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why is there a discrepancy in understanding the black situation in america? >> well i think it is because we haven't confronted how widespread the negative perceptions of people of color are in this country. i mean one of the great legacies of segregation and apartheid and racism and the history of racial injustice it wasn't just that people of color were victimized. lots of people were actually taught that they are better than other people because of their skin color and it's an abusive and corruptive thing to hear and learn and internalize that if you're not pro active in addressing that it will manifest itself in a lot of ways. that's why we have racial profiling. that's why we're insensitive dealing with huge disparities in black unemployment, disparities in health, disparities in all the metrics that measure a good quality of life. we're very insensitive in responding to it because we haven't addressed the way we elm grace these differences that marks inferiority and lack of opportunity and we have to confront that if we're going make progress. >> chris,
why is there a discrepancy in understanding the black situation in america? >> well i think it is because we haven't confronted how widespread the negative perceptions of people of color are in this country. i mean one of the great legacies of segregation and apartheid and racism and the history of racial injustice it wasn't just that people of color were victimized. lots of people were actually taught that they are better than other people because of their skin color and it's an abusive...
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it made america a better place. those opportunities would never have existed if not have been for lyndon baines johnson. >> you taught both michelle and barack obama at harvard law school. i know you're still close to the first family, and both of them, you're in frequent communication with the president. i don't want you to tell tales on your friend. do you have any insight into why he has seen it to be so important to foreground martin luther king so often? he's talked about him dozens of times. he has the bust of king right next to the bust of lincoln looking down on all liz discussions in the oval office. >> it's very important. you think about king -- you think about lincoln, he gave his announcement to run for president in springfield, illinois, the same place lincoln did. he has that bust of lincoln there, he's cited lincoln in many of his speeches since he's been president. he's looking at men that are sacrificing whatever they have to do to make the country better. the reality is, both of them were victims
it made america a better place. those opportunities would never have existed if not have been for lyndon baines johnson. >> you taught both michelle and barack obama at harvard law school. i know you're still close to the first family, and both of them, you're in frequent communication with the president. i don't want you to tell tales on your friend. do you have any insight into why he has seen it to be so important to foreground martin luther king so often? he's talked about him dozens...
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america produces 10 million barrels of oil a day. we consume double that, but globally the world produces and uses 89 million barrels of oil a day, and 30% of that comes from the middle east. so it's oil traders, speculators who are to blame for driving up the price of oil. this week right now there is absolutely no supply problem on oil. today on twitter and facebook i've been asking you how would a spike in gas prices change your spending habits? on facebook canner ara writes, there would absolutely be less money for groceries and going out. the discretionary spending that supports my economy takes the first hit. this viewer said i would have to find a new job. i already have taken a pay cut and i'm low on cash now. the commute would exacerbate the costs. tweet us or leave us a question on facebook. maybe these increasing oil prices b which by the way has st this country in a recession in previous decades, might not be a bad thing. >>> detroit's bankruptcy has sent off a huge legal battle over pensions that it owes its workers. man
america produces 10 million barrels of oil a day. we consume double that, but globally the world produces and uses 89 million barrels of oil a day, and 30% of that comes from the middle east. so it's oil traders, speculators who are to blame for driving up the price of oil. this week right now there is absolutely no supply problem on oil. today on twitter and facebook i've been asking you how would a spike in gas prices change your spending habits? on facebook canner ara writes, there would...
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that's not what america's focus is. and that cannot be the road to the future for america. stand tall in your community, fight for diversity, understand its strength, and make sure that every school is resource d to give every american child a chance to live the dream. god bless you! thank you! >> you know, over the years on "the ed show" here on msnbc, we have focused on income inequality. it has been one of the issues that we have talked about. you are never going to be able to address income inequality in this country in one election cycle or in a few years. it is a generational effort. it's a generational lift. we showed the vulture chart on this program quite often, of where it's all gone to the top 2% over the last few years, and the middle class have been flatlined when it comes to resources, when it comes to jobs, when it comes to opportunities. and that's why their income divide in this country continues to grow. if we don't address that through the educational system, we're not going to make progress. educating young people of america, sending a message that all c
that's not what america's focus is. and that cannot be the road to the future for america. stand tall in your community, fight for diversity, understand its strength, and make sure that every school is resource d to give every american child a chance to live the dream. god bless you! thank you! >> you know, over the years on "the ed show" here on msnbc, we have focused on income inequality. it has been one of the issues that we have talked about. you are never going to be able...
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. >> she said she wanted to be a part of that new america. she was a young new yorker who set out on a bus ride to washington, d.c. to hear dr. martin luther king jr. speak. >> this was the poster that we received from the march. >> now, a ceo of the oakland private industry counsel, she's looking back on that speech 50 years later. >> to be part of that generation and to have observed the changes in america since then is just -- just profoundly humbling. >> humbling because she can look back on her life in the '50s and '60s. she remembers she had no other choice but to ride in the back of the bus. and she can recall the colored-only signs alt restaurants and stores. the "i have a dream" speech for her brought about hope for the future. >> we were all in it. we were all in it. we could see our brothers and sisters in the south, very, very brave young people who were willing, literally, and did put their lives on the line. so we felt this was the least we could do. >> cynthia taylor is an assistant professor of religion and history at dominica
. >> she said she wanted to be a part of that new america. she was a young new yorker who set out on a bus ride to washington, d.c. to hear dr. martin luther king jr. speak. >> this was the poster that we received from the march. >> now, a ceo of the oakland private industry counsel, she's looking back on that speech 50 years later. >> to be part of that generation and to have observed the changes in america since then is just -- just profoundly humbling. >>...
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america changed for you and for me. >> have conservatived in america judged this man by the content of his character? >> absolutely not. conservatives in america talk about conservative politics and use the word liberal. but they don't talk about politics at all and certainly not at all about race even though most of the conservative political appeals have a hidden underpinning in race. this president's weakness is he can't talk about race very much. >> why can't he throw it back at the people who use it implicitly? >> because he's afraid that it will boomerang on him. >> will he be called a whiner? >> they'll call him out and say he's for favoritism. they'll say he's talking about reyes. a lot of conservatives misconstrued the speech and said that means we don't talk about race. therefore the goal is not to talk about race which is nonsense. to say we should get over talking about race is saying a democracy should get over having elections. that's what we do. that's how we manage our differences. that's how we form a more perfect union. when we deal with it forthrightly, we make progr
america changed for you and for me. >> have conservatived in america judged this man by the content of his character? >> absolutely not. conservatives in america talk about conservative politics and use the word liberal. but they don't talk about politics at all and certainly not at all about race even though most of the conservative political appeals have a hidden underpinning in race. this president's weakness is he can't talk about race very much. >> why can't he throw it...
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"america tonight". gas. >> a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. states. >> grounded. >> real. >> unconventional. >> we spent time with the gangster disciples. >> escape from the unexpected. >> i am a cancer survivor, not mission. >> there's more to america, more stories, more voices, more points of view. now there's are news channel with more of what americans want to know. >> i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." this is "america tonight." sglovrjs our -- >> our news coverage reveal more of america's stories. >> bankruptcy hearings resumed in detroit and has folks i with underfunded pensions worried. that's forcing some local governments to turn to taxpayers who were not supposed to be on the hook for pensions to shell out more money. reporting on one west virginia city taking extraordinary steps to stay out of bankruptcy and to keep those pensioners paid. >> reporter: charleston, west virginia, first responders dealing today with a barricaded gunman. after 20 years on the job they have
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a very well-known move in america. i, 50 years ago, since 1963, actually 1964 when the civil rights act was being voted on, barry goldwater voted against it. he was nominated to be the republican nominee for president. i decided then that i was not a republican. i had grown up with a family that was very republican. i am grateful to the republican party. everett dirksen from illinois, without his leadership, we could not have passed over the segregation of southern democrats. it is a different world. when i was a kid, we would go down to what our family called the old country and most of you know as alabama. we went shopping and we're in in a five and $.10 store. i said i want to get a jack of water and i went running off for my parents. -- a drink of water. my mother said to my dad, you must follow him. he found me standing between two water fountains and one was marked white and one was mark collard. -- one was mark colored. i was turning on the one mark mark colored and was disappointed that it came out clear. it wa
a very well-known move in america. i, 50 years ago, since 1963, actually 1964 when the civil rights act was being voted on, barry goldwater voted against it. he was nominated to be the republican nominee for president. i decided then that i was not a republican. i had grown up with a family that was very republican. i am grateful to the republican party. everett dirksen from illinois, without his leadership, we could not have passed over the segregation of southern democrats. it is a different...
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. >> the day that changed america forever. the march on washington. august 28th, 1963. ♪ >> people of all races, regular people from all walks of life, marching against injustice, marching to change history. >> we are the moral revolution. >> how long? we want our freedom and we want it now. >> a call to ask and a call for peace. a word that inspired a people, a nation and the entire world. >> free at least, free at least. thank god almighty we are free at least. >> tonight a special hour-hour toll particulars nation. the march on washington. the dream continues. >>> good evening. i'm al sharpton live from the lincoln memorial here on the national mall. first years ago hundreds of thousands of people stood where i am right now watching history. millions more watching at home, seeing the leaders of the civil rights movement. call for justice and equality. i talked to him from the exact spot where he can spoke 50 years ago. and we'll hear some of the young people who traveled hundreds of miles to help change the course of history. i'm honored to begin
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america loves him now and america celebrates the march now. but in the run-up to the march, americans were very skittish. most knew the march was going to take place and thought it was a mistake. beyond the south, even kennedy asked them don't march, don't do this. he said we want legislation on capitol hill, not a big show on the streets. and it was a. phillip randolph who said the negroes are already in the streets. it's interesting if we look at a drew hanson work he did on this in his book. if we look at what happens after '63, between '63 and '68, the dream speech is barely mentioned. it's barely mentioned. it's only after king's assassination that america thinks how can we remember this man? >> well, it wasn't even mentioned in the "washington post" the day after the speech here in washington. there's also the rewrite of some in the tradition of the right wing. they say the civil rights revolution was in a crucial sense conservative. and then they criticized the decred decrepitude of the civil rights movement. how the civil rights moveme
america loves him now and america celebrates the march now. but in the run-up to the march, americans were very skittish. most knew the march was going to take place and thought it was a mistake. beyond the south, even kennedy asked them don't march, don't do this. he said we want legislation on capitol hill, not a big show on the streets. and it was a. phillip randolph who said the negroes are already in the streets. it's interesting if we look at a drew hanson work he did on this in his book....
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it is up to america to decide whether we watch it happen or tip it over. i feel bad for the innocent people born into the hell where the bad devour the good. >> they are in fact using chemical weapons and women and children are being killed. don't we have responsibility to do something? >> russia is involved, that's why syria is different from libya. >> we are not getting into a proxy war with russia. if we go in and bomb and assad doesn't step down, we have no moral interest in the country. >>> next up. bob. as my 10th grade biology teacher would say, give the gums a rest. >>> alec baldwin out of his cage, went rabid on another paparazzi. !! he the aggressor yesterday? >> police say neither party are >> greg, you are one followed by the paparazzi all the time, you don't lose your temper. >> i don't. i welcome it. i think they're lovely people. i have to defend, to be fair and balanced, i have to defend alec. i was impressed by the moves. granted, the guy can't just thr against the car. >> he says it is self defense because the photographer rushed his wife
it is up to america to decide whether we watch it happen or tip it over. i feel bad for the innocent people born into the hell where the bad devour the good. >> they are in fact using chemical weapons and women and children are being killed. don't we have responsibility to do something? >> russia is involved, that's why syria is different from libya. >> we are not getting into a proxy war with russia. if we go in and bomb and assad doesn't step down, we have no moral interest...
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america. stand tall in your community, fight for diversity, understand its strength, and make sure that every school is resourced to give every american child a chance to live the dream. god bless you! thank you! >> that was msnbc's ed schultz, speaking there. msnbc's ed schultz, speaking there, in part about the poshs of diversity e tity in schools. it makes me think about the attack on civil rights and voting rights in north carolina began first with an attack of the integration of schools in wake county, north carolina. >> exactly. and part of what we have to do, melissa, is destroy this myth of the ultra-conservative, extremist, that can hurt some without hurting all of us. the fact of the matter is, we connect the dots and we show that an attack on medicaid or an attack on public education or an attack on the working poor or an attack on vote rights is an attack on all of us. and then we frame all those things as moral. health care's a moral issue. session a moral issue. and then we say t
america. stand tall in your community, fight for diversity, understand its strength, and make sure that every school is resourced to give every american child a chance to live the dream. god bless you! thank you! >> that was msnbc's ed schultz, speaking there. msnbc's ed schultz, speaking there, in part about the poshs of diversity e tity in schools. it makes me think about the attack on civil rights and voting rights in north carolina began first with an attack of the integration of...
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, america." it strengthened me as i was being trained to go down to mississippi and practice law. a great day. >> schieffer: taylor, you've written all these books about the civil rights? were you there that day? >> no i was at summer football camp in high school in south georgia, over 100 degrees. i wish i had been there. >> schieffer: when did you come to find out about it and know about it? were you interested in those kinds of things in that day? >> my whole formative years the civil rights movement was tenacious changing my life's interest. the bull connor demonstration when they put fire hoses on children, may 2, may 3, was an awakening experience for me as a white southern in segigate south. i was aware of it but not the march itself until later because i was at football camp. >> schieffer: i was so interested this morning to hear about colin powell talk about he was in vietnam when it happened, didn't know about it until a couple of weeks later, but after the bull connor things happened,
, america." it strengthened me as i was being trained to go down to mississippi and practice law. a great day. >> schieffer: taylor, you've written all these books about the civil rights? were you there that day? >> no i was at summer football camp in high school in south georgia, over 100 degrees. i wish i had been there. >> schieffer: when did you come to find out about it and know about it? were you interested in those kinds of things in that day? >> my whole...
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america is a better america because of the march on washington. and we are a better people. (applause) you now have a graphic novel called "march, book 1." and this is a graphic novel of your life, how you were inspired to join the civil rights movement and this is the march across the edmund pettis bridgton road to selma. and this was for voting rights, wasn't it? >> it was, people in selma, like so many other parts of the south, could not register to vote because of the color of their skin. in selma people had to stand in what we called unmovable lines. you could only attempt to register to vote on the first and third monday of each month. >> stephen: the first and third monday. >> right. you had to pass a so-called literacy test, pay a poll tax. on one occasion a man was asked the number of bubbles in a bar of soap. on another occasion a man was asked to count the jelly beans in a jar. >> stephen: how many bubbles are there in a bar of soap? >> well, i don't know. >> stephen: should you be allowed to vote then? i guess obviously -- each state gets to set their own standar
america is a better america because of the march on washington. and we are a better people. (applause) you now have a graphic novel called "march, book 1." and this is a graphic novel of your life, how you were inspired to join the civil rights movement and this is the march across the edmund pettis bridgton road to selma. and this was for voting rights, wasn't it? >> it was, people in selma, like so many other parts of the south, could not register to vote because of the color...
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we believe in a new america. it is time to march for a new america. it is time to organize for a new america. it is time to register and vote for a new america. we are on our way. we are on our way. we are on our way. [cheers and applause] as we prepare to march, i want some of our leaders to stand with me. we want to honor and dedicate what we are doing to a man that made the long road and a long journey. reverend richardson, kevin powell, all of these young leaders. ika, dominique. i want us to show respect and regard for a man who has, every day in the last decade, fought for us. we are not ending the program without thanking those who made a way. the bible says honor thy father and mother, not for their day, but for your day will be long on the land which god giveth thee. rev. joseph lowery stood in the heat of the day. reverend joseph lowery has paid the price. because of people like him, are -- we are here today. another warrior who was abused and took it so we could vote is here with us today. never got recognition, but now he is the winner of
we believe in a new america. it is time to march for a new america. it is time to organize for a new america. it is time to register and vote for a new america. we are on our way. we are on our way. we are on our way. [cheers and applause] as we prepare to march, i want some of our leaders to stand with me. we want to honor and dedicate what we are doing to a man that made the long road and a long journey. reverend richardson, kevin powell, all of these young leaders. ika, dominique. i want us...